No Depression

by Uncle Tupelo

No Depression cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 June 1990
  • Label: Rockville
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:02:49
  • Community rating: 3.85/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Rich Gilbert, A. P. Carter, Jeff Tweedy, Mike Heidorn, Jay Farrar, Huddie Ledbetter

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The debut album from Uncle Tupelo is widely celebrated for essentially launching the alternative country movement, blending the energy of punk with traditional acoustic roots music. 'No Depression' is a highly passionate, bittersweet record, exploring existential working-class struggles through pastoral yet highly energetic Americana.

Genres

Descriptors: alcohol, existential, folk, acoustic, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Graveyard Shift (4:43)
  2. That Year (2:59)
  3. Before I Break (2:48)
  4. No Depression (2:20)
  5. Factory Belt (3:13)
  6. Whiskey Bottle (4:46)
  7. Outdone (2:48)
  8. Train (3:18)
  9. Life Worth Livin' (3:32)
  10. Flatness (2:58)
  11. So Called Friend (3:12)
  12. Screen Door (2:42)
  13. John Hardy (2:22)
  14. Left in the Dark (3:09)
  15. Won't Forget (2:50)
  16. Sin City (3:53)
  17. Whiskey Bottle - Live Acoustic Version (4:40)
  18. No Depression - 1988 Demo (2:17)
  19. Blues Die Hard - 1987 Demo (4:08)

Credits

  • Uncle Tupelo - primary artist
  • Jeff Tweedy - bass, vocals, written-by, acoustic guitar, vocal
  • Mike Heidorn - drums, cymbal, written-by, drums (drum set)
  • Jay Farrar - guitar, vocals, banjo, harmonica, guitar [nashville], mandolin, fiddle, written-by, vocal
  • Tony Margherita - management
  • Mike Witt - photography by [back]
  • J. Hamilton - photography by [front cover]
  • Paul Q. Kolderie - producer, engineer, shaker [rice can]
  • Sean Slade - producer, engineer, piano, backing vocals
  • A. P. Carter - written-by
  • Rich Gilbert - pedal steel guitar
  • Huddie Ledbetter - written-by

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